diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4dda60cb..da1a8f44 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ if test "$enable_mpls_kernel" != no ; then
   fi
 fi
 
-all_protocols="$proto_bfd babel bgp mrt ospf pipe radv rip $proto_rpki static"
+all_protocols="$proto_bfd babel bgp mrt ospf perf pipe radv rip $proto_rpki static"
 
 all_protocols=`echo $all_protocols | sed 's/ /,/g'`
 
diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index c76873cd..b3ac38b0 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ configuration - something in config which is not keyword.
 Ondrej Filip <it/&lt;feela@network.cz&gt;/,
 Pavel Machek <it/&lt;pavel@ucw.cz&gt;/,
 Martin Mares <it/&lt;mj@ucw.cz&gt;/,
-Maria Jan Matejka <it/&lt;mq@jmq.cz&gt;/,
+Maria Matejka <it/&lt;mq@jmq.cz&gt;/,
 Ondrej Zajicek <it/&lt;santiago@crfreenet.org&gt;/
 </author>
 
@@ -3759,6 +3759,54 @@ protocol ospf MyOSPF {
 }
 </code>
 
+<sect>Perf
+<label id="perf">
+
+<sect1>Introduction
+<label id="perf-intro">
+
+<p>The Perf protocol is a generator of fake routes together with a time measurement
+framework. Its purpose is to check BIRD performance and to benchmark filters.
+
+<p>Import mode of this protocol runs in several steps. In each step, it generates 2^x routes,
+imports them into the appropriate table and withdraws them. The exponent x is configurable.
+It runs the benchmark several times for the same x, then it increases x by one
+until it gets too high, then it stops.
+
+<p>Export mode of this protocol repeats route refresh from table and measures how long it takes.
+
+<p>Output data is logged on info level. There is a Perl script <cf>proto/perf/parse.pl</cf>
+which may be handy to parse the data and draw some plots.
+
+<p>Implementation of this protocol is experimental. Use with caution and do not keep
+any instance of Perf in production configs for long time. The config interface is also unstable
+and may change in future versions without warning.
+
+<sect1>Configuration
+<label id="perf-config">
+
+<p><descrip>
+	<tag><label id="perf-mode">mode import|export</tag>
+	Set perf mode. Default: import
+
+	<tag><label id="perf-repeat">repeat <m/number/</tag>
+	Run this amount of iterations of the benchmark for every amount step. Default: 4
+
+	<tag><label id="perf-from">exp from <m/number/</tag>
+	Begin benchmarking on this exponent for number of generated routes in one step.
+	Default: 10
+
+	<tag><label id="perf-to">exp to <m/number/</tag>
+	Stop benchmarking on this exponent. Default: 20
+
+	<tag><label id="perf-threshold-min">threshold min <m/time/</tag>
+	If a run for the given exponent took less than this time for route import,
+	increase the exponent immediately. Default: 1 ms
+
+	<tag><label id="perf-threshold-max">threshold max <m/time/</tag>
+	If every run for the given exponent took at least this time for route import,
+	stop benchmarking. Default: 500 ms
+</descrip>
 
 <sect>Pipe
 <label id="pipe">
diff --git a/nest/proto.c b/nest/proto.c
index de727dac..fadce6c7 100644
--- a/nest/proto.c
+++ b/nest/proto.c
@@ -1379,6 +1379,9 @@ protos_build(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPKI
   proto_build(&proto_rpki);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF
+  proto_build(&proto_perf);
+#endif
 
   proto_pool = rp_new(&root_pool, "Protocols");
   proto_shutdown_timer = tm_new(proto_pool);
diff --git a/nest/protocol.h b/nest/protocol.h
index aa836f38..7f539aef 100644
--- a/nest/protocol.h
+++ b/nest/protocol.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum protocol_class {
   PROTOCOL_KERNEL,
   PROTOCOL_OSPF,
   PROTOCOL_MRT,
+  PROTOCOL_PERF,
   PROTOCOL_PIPE,
   PROTOCOL_RADV,
   PROTOCOL_RIP,
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ void protos_dump_all(void);
 
 extern struct protocol
   proto_device, proto_radv, proto_rip, proto_static, proto_mrt,
-  proto_ospf, proto_pipe, proto_bgp, proto_bfd, proto_babel, proto_rpki;
+  proto_ospf, proto_perf,
+  proto_pipe, proto_bgp, proto_bfd, proto_babel, proto_rpki;
 
 /*
  *	Routing Protocol Instance
diff --git a/nest/route.h b/nest/route.h
index 93afae57..8dfbb376 100644
--- a/nest/route.h
+++ b/nest/route.h
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ typedef struct rta {
 #define RTS_PIPE 12			/* Inter-table wormhole */
 #define RTS_BABEL 13			/* Babel route */
 #define RTS_RPKI 14			/* Route Origin Authorization */
-#define RTS_MAX 15
-
+#define RTS_PERF 15			/* Perf checker */
+#define RTS_MAX 16
 
 #define RTC_UNICAST 0
 #define RTC_BROADCAST 1
diff --git a/proto/perf/Doc b/proto/perf/Doc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfda309c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/perf/Doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+S perf.c
diff --git a/proto/perf/Makefile b/proto/perf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7877fb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/perf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+src := perf.c
+obj := $(src-o-files)
+$(all-daemon)
+$(cf-local)
+
+tests_objs := $(tests_objs) $(src-o-files)
diff --git a/proto/perf/config.Y b/proto/perf/config.Y
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..617b2233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/perf/config.Y
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ *	BIRD -- Benchmarking Dummy Protocol Configuration
+ *
+ *	(c) 2018 Maria Matejka <mq@jmq.cz>
+ *
+ *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
+ */
+
+CF_HDR
+
+#include "filter/filter.h"
+#include "proto/perf/perf.h"
+
+CF_DEFINES
+
+#define PERF_CFG ((struct perf_config *) this_proto)
+
+CF_DECLS
+
+CF_KEYWORDS(PERF, EXP, FROM, TO, REPEAT, THRESHOLD, MIN, MAX, KEEP, MODE, IMPORT, EXPORT)
+
+CF_GRAMMAR
+
+proto: perf_proto '}' ;
+
+perf_proto_start: proto_start PERF
+{
+  this_proto = proto_config_new(&proto_perf, $1);
+  PERF_CFG->from = 10;
+  PERF_CFG->to = 20;
+  PERF_CFG->repeat = 4;
+  PERF_CFG->threshold_max = 500 MS_;
+  PERF_CFG->threshold_min = 1 MS_;
+  PERF_CFG->keep = 0;
+  PERF_CFG->mode = PERF_MODE_IMPORT;
+};
+
+perf_proto:
+   perf_proto_start proto_name '{'
+ | perf_proto perf_proto_item ';'
+ ;
+
+perf_proto_item:
+   proto_channel { this_proto->net_type = $1->net_type; }
+ | EXP FROM NUM { PERF_CFG->from = $3; }
+ | EXP TO NUM { PERF_CFG->to = $3; }
+ | REPEAT NUM { PERF_CFG->repeat = $2; }
+ | THRESHOLD MIN expr_us { PERF_CFG->threshold_min = $3; }
+ | THRESHOLD MAX expr_us { PERF_CFG->threshold_max = $3; }
+ | KEEP bool { PERF_CFG->keep = $2; }
+ | MODE IMPORT { PERF_CFG->mode = PERF_MODE_IMPORT; }
+ | MODE EXPORT { PERF_CFG->mode = PERF_MODE_EXPORT; }
+;
+
+
+CF_CODE
+
+CF_END
diff --git a/proto/perf/parse.pl b/proto/perf/parse.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d91c5654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/perf/parse.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use File::Temp ();
+
+package row;
+
+use Moose;
+
+has 'exp' => ( is => 'ro', 'isa' => 'Num' );
+has 'gen' => ( is => 'ro', 'isa' => 'Num' );
+has 'temp' => ( is => 'ro', 'isa' => 'Num' );
+has 'update' => ( is => 'ro', 'isa' => 'Num' );
+has 'withdraw' => ( is => 'ro', 'isa' => 'Num' );
+
+sub reduce {
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $N = 1 << $self->exp;
+  return row->new(
+    exp => $self->exp,
+    gen => $self->gen / $N,
+    temp => $self->temp / $N,
+    update => $self->update / $N,
+    withdraw => $self->withdraw / $N
+  );
+}
+
+sub dump {
+  my ($self, $fh) = @_;
+
+  print $fh join ",", $self->exp, $self->gen, $self->temp, $self->update, $self->withdraw;
+  print $fh "\n";
+}
+
+package results;
+
+use Moose;
+
+has 'name' => (
+  is => 'ro',
+  isa => 'Str',
+  required => 1,
+);
+
+has 'date' => (
+  is => 'ro',
+  isa => 'Str',
+  required => 1,
+);
+
+has 'reduced' => (
+  is => 'ro',
+  isa => 'Bool',
+  default => 0,
+);
+
+has 'rows' => (
+  is => 'ro',
+  isa => 'ArrayRef[row]',
+  default => sub { [] },
+);
+
+has 'stub' => (
+  is => 'ro',
+  isa => 'Str',
+  lazy => 1,
+  builder => '_build_stub',
+);
+
+sub _build_stub {
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $date = $self->date;
+  my $name = $self->name;
+
+  my $reduced = "-reduced" if $self->reduced;
+
+  my $stub = $date . "-" . $name . $reduced;
+
+  $stub =~ tr/a-zA-Z0-9_-/@/c;
+  return $stub;
+}
+
+sub add {
+  my $self = shift;
+  push @{$self->rows}, row->new(@_);
+}
+
+sub reduce {
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  return $self if $self->reduced;
+
+  return results->new(
+    name => $self->name,
+    date => $self->date,
+    reduced => 1,
+    rows => [
+      map { $_->reduce } @{$self->rows}
+    ],
+  );
+}
+
+sub dump {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $fn = $self->stub . ".csv";
+
+  open my $CSV, ">", $fn;
+  map {
+    $_->dump($CSV);
+    } @{$self->rows};
+
+  close $CSV;
+  return $fn;
+}
+
+sub draw {
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $csv = $self->dump();
+  my $svg = $self->stub . ".svg";
+
+  my $title = $self->name;
+  $title =~ s/_/ /g;
+
+  open PLOT, "|-", "gnuplot -p";
+  print PLOT "set terminal svg;\n";
+  print PLOT "set output '$svg';\n";
+  print PLOT "set title '$title';\n";
+  print PLOT "set datafile separator ',';\n";
+  print PLOT "set jitter over 0.3 spread 0.3;\n";
+  print PLOT "plot '$csv' using 1:2 title 'gen', '$csv' using 1:3 title 'temp', '$csv' using 1:4 title 'update', '$csv' using 1:5 title 'withdraw';\n";
+  close PLOT;
+}
+
+package main;
+
+my %results;
+my @done;
+
+while (<>) {
+  if (m/(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}).*?Perf (.+) starting$/) {
+    my $date = $1;
+    my $name = $2;
+    die "Garbled input data" if exists $results{$name};
+    $results{$name} = results->new(name => $name, date => $date);
+    next;
+  }
+
+  if (m/Perf (.+) done with exp=(\d+)$/) {
+    my $name = $1;
+    die "Garbled input data" unless exists $results{$name};
+    push @done, $results{$name};
+    delete $results{$name};
+    next;
+  }
+
+  my ($name, $exp, $gen, $temp, $update, $withdraw) = m/Perf (.+) exp=(\d+) times: gen=(\d+) temp=(\d+) update=(\d+) withdraw=(\d+)$/ or next;
+
+  exists $results{$name} or die "Garbled input data";
+
+  $results{$name}->add(exp => $exp, gen => $gen, temp => $temp, update => $update, withdraw => $withdraw);
+}
+
+scalar %results and die "Incomplete input data";
+
+foreach my $res (@done) {
+  $res->reduce->draw();
+}
diff --git a/proto/perf/perf.c b/proto/perf/perf.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6741f7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/perf/perf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+/*
+ *	BIRD -- Table-to-Table Routing Protocol a.k.a Pipe
+ *
+ *	(c) 1999--2000 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+ *
+ *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * DOC: Perf
+ *
+ * Run this protocol to measure route import and export times.
+ * Generates a load of dummy routes and measures time to import.
+ */
+
+#undef LOCAL_DEBUG
+
+#include "nest/bird.h"
+#include "nest/iface.h"
+#include "nest/protocol.h"
+#include "nest/route.h"
+#include "nest/cli.h"
+#include "conf/conf.h"
+#include "filter/filter.h"
+#include "lib/string.h"
+
+#include "perf.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#define PLOG(msg, ...) log(L_INFO "Perf %s " msg, p->p.name, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+static inline void
+random_data(void *p, uint len)
+{
+  uint ints = (len + sizeof(int) - 1) / sizeof(int);
+  int *d = alloca(sizeof(uint) * ints);
+  for (uint i=0; i<ints; i++)
+    d[i] = random();
+
+  memcpy(p, d, len);
+}
+
+static ip_addr
+random_gw(net_addr *prefix)
+{
+  ASSERT(net_is_ip(prefix));
+  ip_addr px = net_prefix(prefix);
+  ip_addr mask = net_pxmask(prefix);
+
+  ip_addr out;
+  random_data(&out, sizeof(ip_addr));
+
+  if (ipa_is_ip4(px))
+    out = ipa_and(out, ipa_from_ip4(ip4_mkmask(32)));
+
+  return ipa_or(ipa_and(px, mask), ipa_and(out, ipa_not(mask)));
+}
+
+static net_addr_ip4
+random_net_ip4(void)
+{
+  u32 x; random_data(&x, sizeof(u32));
+  x &= ((1 << 20) - 1);
+  uint pxlen = u32_log2(x) + 5;
+
+  ip4_addr px; random_data(&px, sizeof(ip4_addr));
+
+  net_addr_ip4 out = {
+    .type = NET_IP4,
+    .pxlen = pxlen,
+    .length = sizeof(net_addr_ip4),
+    .prefix = ip4_and(ip4_mkmask(pxlen), px),
+  };
+
+  if (!net_validate((net_addr *) &out))
+    return random_net_ip4();
+
+  int c = net_classify((net_addr *) &out);
+  if ((c < 0) || !(c & IADDR_HOST) || ((c & IADDR_SCOPE_MASK) <= SCOPE_LINK))
+    return random_net_ip4();
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+struct perf_random_routes {
+  net_addr net;
+  rte *ep;
+  struct rta a;
+};
+
+static inline s64 timediff(struct timespec *begin, struct timespec *end)
+{ return (end->tv_sec - begin->tv_sec) * (s64) 1000000000 + end->tv_nsec - begin->tv_nsec; }
+
+static void
+perf_ifa_notify(struct proto *P, uint flags, struct ifa *ad)
+{
+  struct perf_proto *p = (struct perf_proto *) P;
+
+  if (ad->flags & IA_SECONDARY)
+    return;
+
+  if (p->ifa && p->ifa == ad && (flags & IF_CHANGE_DOWN)) {
+    p->ifa = NULL;
+    if (ev_active(p->loop))
+      ev_postpone(p->loop);
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!p->ifa && (flags & IF_CHANGE_UP)) {
+    p->ifa = ad;
+    ev_schedule(p->loop);
+    PLOG("starting");
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+perf_loop(void *data)
+{
+  struct proto *P = data;
+  struct perf_proto *p = data;
+
+  const uint N = 1U << p->exp;
+  const uint offset = sizeof(net_addr) + RTA_MAX_SIZE;
+
+  if (!p->run) {
+    ASSERT(p->data == NULL);
+    p->data = xmalloc(offset * N);
+    bzero(p->data, offset * N);
+    p->stop = 1;
+  }
+
+  ip_addr gw = random_gw(&p->ifa->prefix);
+
+  struct timespec ts_begin, ts_generated, ts_rte, ts_update, ts_withdraw;
+
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts_begin);
+
+  for (uint i=0; i<N; i++) {
+    struct perf_random_routes *prr = p->data + offset * i;
+    *((net_addr_ip4 *) &prr->net) = random_net_ip4();
+
+    rta *a = &prr->a;
+    bzero(a, RTA_MAX_SIZE);
+
+    a->src = p->p.main_source;
+    a->source = RTS_PERF;
+    a->scope = SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
+    a->dest = RTD_UNICAST;
+
+    a->nh.iface = p->ifa->iface;
+    a->nh.gw = gw;
+    a->nh.weight = 1;
+  }
+
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts_generated);
+
+  for (uint i=0; i<N; i++) {
+    struct perf_random_routes *prr = p->data + offset * i;
+    prr->ep = rte_get_temp(&prr->a);
+    prr->ep->pflags = 0;
+  }
+
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts_rte);
+
+  for (uint i=0; i<N; i++) {
+    struct perf_random_routes *prr = p->data + offset * i;
+    rte_update(P, &prr->net, prr->ep);
+  }
+
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts_update);
+
+  if (!p->keep)
+    for (uint i=0; i<N; i++) {
+      struct perf_random_routes *prr = p->data + offset * i;
+      rte_update(P, &prr->net, NULL);
+    }
+
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts_withdraw);
+
+  s64 gentime = timediff(&ts_begin, &ts_generated);
+  s64 temptime = timediff(&ts_generated, &ts_rte);
+  s64 updatetime = timediff(&ts_rte, &ts_update);
+  s64 withdrawtime = timediff(&ts_update, &ts_withdraw);
+
+  if (updatetime NS >= p->threshold_min)
+    PLOG("exp=%u times: gen=%lu temp=%lu update=%lu withdraw=%lu",
+	p->exp, gentime, temptime, updatetime, withdrawtime);
+
+  if (updatetime NS < p->threshold_max)
+    p->stop = 0;
+
+  if ((updatetime NS < p->threshold_min) || (++p->run == p->repeat)) {
+    xfree(p->data);
+    p->data = NULL;
+
+    if (p->stop || (p->exp == p->to)) {
+      PLOG("done with exp=%u", p->exp);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    p->run = 0;
+    p->exp++;
+  }
+
+  ev_schedule(p->loop);
+}
+
+static void
+perf_rt_notify(struct proto *P, struct channel *c UNUSED, struct network *net UNUSED, struct rte *new UNUSED, struct rte *old UNUSED)
+{
+  struct perf_proto *p = (struct perf_proto *) P;
+  p->exp++;
+  return;
+}
+
+static void
+perf_feed_begin(struct channel *c, int initial UNUSED)
+{
+  struct perf_proto *p = (struct perf_proto *) c->proto;
+
+  p->run++;
+  p->data = xmalloc(sizeof(struct timespec));
+  p->exp = 0;
+
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, p->data);
+}
+
+static void
+perf_feed_end(struct channel *c)
+{
+  struct perf_proto *p = (struct perf_proto *) c->proto;
+  struct timespec ts_end;
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts_end);
+
+  s64 feedtime = timediff(p->data, &ts_end);
+
+  PLOG("feed n=%lu time=%lu", p->exp, feedtime);
+
+  if (p->run < p->repeat)
+    channel_request_feeding(c);
+  else
+    PLOG("feed done");
+}
+
+static struct proto *
+perf_init(struct proto_config *CF)
+{
+  struct proto *P = proto_new(CF);
+
+  P->main_channel = proto_add_channel(P, proto_cf_main_channel(CF));
+
+  struct perf_proto *p = (struct perf_proto *) P;
+
+  p->loop = ev_new_init(P->pool, perf_loop, p);
+
+  struct perf_config *cf = (struct perf_config *) CF;
+
+  p->threshold_min = cf->threshold_min;
+  p->threshold_max = cf->threshold_max;
+  p->from = cf->from;
+  p->to = cf->to;
+  p->repeat = cf->repeat;
+  p->keep = cf->keep;
+  p->mode = cf->mode;
+
+  switch (p->mode) {
+    case PERF_MODE_IMPORT:
+      P->ifa_notify = perf_ifa_notify;
+      break;
+    case PERF_MODE_EXPORT:
+      P->rt_notify = perf_rt_notify;
+      P->feed_begin = perf_feed_begin;
+      P->feed_end = perf_feed_end;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return P;
+}
+
+static int
+perf_start(struct proto *P)
+{
+  struct perf_proto *p = (struct perf_proto *) P;
+
+  p->ifa = NULL;
+  p->run = 0;
+  p->exp = p->from;
+  ASSERT(p->data == NULL);
+
+  return PS_UP;
+}
+
+static int
+perf_reconfigure(struct proto *P UNUSED, struct proto_config *CF UNUSED)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+perf_copy_config(struct proto_config *dest UNUSED, struct proto_config *src UNUSED)
+{
+}
+
+struct protocol proto_perf = {
+  .name = 		"Perf",
+  .template =		"perf%d",
+  .class =		PROTOCOL_PERF,
+  .channel_mask = 	NB_IP,
+  .proto_size =		sizeof(struct perf_proto),
+  .config_size = 	sizeof(struct perf_config),
+  .init =		perf_init,
+  .start =		perf_start,
+  .reconfigure = 	perf_reconfigure,
+  .copy_config =	perf_copy_config,
+};
diff --git a/proto/perf/perf.h b/proto/perf/perf.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..301c6110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/perf/perf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ *	BIRD -- Benchmarking Dummy Protocol
+ *
+ *	(c) 2018 Maria Matejka <mq@jmq.cz>
+ *
+ *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _BIRD_PERF_H_
+#define _BIRD_PERF_H_
+
+enum perf_mode {
+  PERF_MODE_IMPORT,
+  PERF_MODE_EXPORT,
+};
+
+struct perf_config {
+  struct proto_config p;
+  btime threshold_min;
+  btime threshold_max;
+  uint from;
+  uint to;
+  uint repeat;
+  uint keep;
+  enum perf_mode mode;
+};
+
+struct perf_proto {
+  struct proto p;
+  struct ifa *ifa;
+  void *data;
+  event *loop;
+  btime threshold_min;
+  btime threshold_max;
+  uint from;
+  uint to;
+  uint repeat;
+  uint run;
+  uint exp;
+  uint stop;
+  uint keep;
+  enum perf_mode mode;
+};
+
+#endif